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Bittersweet afterwork treat
2021-01-07 735 views
This restaurant is a subsidiary / sister of the well-known exquisite "Wagyumafia" that comes with cheaper price tag. So, it is no doubt that I had been looking forward to having it with reasonably high expectation, i.e.  given they use the same Ozaki beef as at Wagyumafia.Upon arriving, it feels as if you have entered into a diner in Japan, given the tiny space and small amount of seats facing the chefs.Chef's way of presenting the Ozaki beef rice surely did raised my expectation for it, and of
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This restaurant is a subsidiary / sister of the well-known exquisite "Wagyumafia" that comes with cheaper price tag. So, it is no doubt that I had been looking forward to having it with reasonably high expectation, i.e.  given they use the same Ozaki beef as at Wagyumafia.

Upon arriving, it feels as if you have entered into a diner in Japan, given the tiny space and small amount of seats facing the chefs.

Chef's way of presenting the Ozaki beef rice surely did raised my expectation for it, and of course the Ozaki beef did not disappoint with the tender and succulent beef with was superb when mixed with the fresh egg york, the rice on the other hand was slightly disappointing since it didnt do much apart from filling your stomach which I guess is the "norm" also in Japan. 
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As per the noodles, even though the presentation is just as good and the wow factor is there as the chef present the bowl of noodles and that the beef stew had a rich flavour, the peculiar taste does not blend well in your mouth, i.e. the combination does not complement each other. 
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Nice'y designed paper mat 
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    相機食先嘅和牛餐廳🤙🏻😻
    2020-11-13 285 views
    Mashi no mashi @ wan chai - enjoy wagyu donburi in a mini store with a ‘surprise’ 🥳👧🏻 ate...Wagyu donburi👧🏻 wants to say...其實哩間店嘅選擇唔多 主要都係和牛飯和牛沾麵同日式餃子 嗰日6點幾就到左所以仲未算好多人（留意番佢得12個位🙌🏻）喺個自助販賣機嗌完嘢食之後走可以入去坐低啦上網見到唔少人都話有少少失望 主要話啲牛肉燒得太乾 但我嗰日食又唔覺得有呢個問題 個牛嘅生熟道燒得啱啱好少過五成(牛肉愛好者表示越生越興奮😈) 油脂分布都幾平均 食落勁香但又未去到入口即溶嘅 但撈埋個生蛋黃真係加左好多分😻而成餐飯最大嘅賣點就係師傅會喺送餐嘅時候擺咗一個好chok嘅動作等你影相 再輕輕放喺你枱面 個staff好nice 會make sure我影好左影得靚靚先放低🥰 至於性價比個人認為$180有少少貴 飯份量唔夠多💁🏻‍♀️下次有機會再嚟食下佢個沾麵啦🙈enjoy wagyu donburi in a mini store with a ‘surprise’
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    其實哩間店嘅選擇唔多 主要都係和牛飯和牛沾麵同日式餃子 嗰日6點幾就到左所以仲未算好多人（留意番佢得12個位🙌🏻）喺個自助販賣機嗌完嘢食之後走可以入去坐低啦

    上網見到唔少人都話有少少失望 主要話啲牛肉燒得太乾 但我嗰日食又唔覺得有呢個問題 個牛嘅生熟道燒得啱啱好少過五成(牛肉愛好者表示越生越興奮😈) 油脂分布都幾平均 食落勁香但又未去到入口即溶嘅 但撈埋個生蛋黃真係加左好多分😻而成餐飯最大嘅賣點就係師傅會喺送餐嘅時候擺咗一個好chok嘅動作等你影相 再輕輕放喺你枱面 個staff好nice 會make sure我影好左影得靚靚先放低🥰 至於性價比個人認為$180有少少貴 飯份量唔夠多💁🏻‍♀️

    下次有機會再嚟食下佢個沾麵啦🙈
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      Mashi? No Mashi!
      2019-08-19 458 views
      Not that it is a recent topic, but Ketogenic diet is surely the most controversial debate for me recently, Having friends with arguments on both side, plus that fact that I have been experiencing myself, not saying that it won't work, but I would say I might slavish more on the non-ketogenic part, well, at least that is why I am here. This decision brought me to my first planned non-ketogenic meal, that would probably partially explained why I was kept so silent among my dinner gang. Mashi no ma
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      Not that it is a recent topic, but Ketogenic diet is surely the most controversial debate for me recently, Having friends with arguments on both side, plus that fact that I have been experiencing myself, not saying that it won't work, but I would say I might slavish more on the non-ketogenic part, well, at least that is why I am here. 

      This decision brought me to my first planned non-ketogenic meal, that would probably partially explained why I was kept so silent among my dinner gang. Mashi no mashi had been reviewed in a couple of media, bunch of bloggers and of course Mr. David Beckham's IG but being living in Wan Chai for most of my life, except the 10 years working in UK, paying a visit to my neighbour seems courteous. 
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      As most will know, the partner in crime of mashi no mashi is the wagyumafia and the Boss of the mafia is Mr. Hisato Hamada. You can basically tell when they have that signature move in front of the camera. It is just hilarious when you just try to wave the camera and the signature move is reproduced immediately, well, I would say they are professional mafia at least. 
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      There wasn't much choices for the mains, apart from extra toppings that your greedy tummy craving can add on and the struggle among  tsukemen (the noodle), donburi (the rice) and the gyuza ( the dumpling) was no longer a struggle after all these period of ketogenic diet. 

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      The Tsukemen came first and I had so many tsukemen before in my life and I am having a tough time coming up with interesting description to describe this but the broth is what I really came for. Using some second cut from the Ozaki beef, the beef essence merged into the broth. It is savoury enough to act as the beef sauce but silk enough, at the same time, to be able to drink alone. Bamboo was also specially treated to get ride of the astringent taste that would normally be there, if exist, that would have conflicted with the wagyu.  Slurp like a boss as suggested, I finish my bowl in no time. 

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       With also second cut from Ozaki beef, I do have high expectation on this. The first bite drag me back to the period where I started my ketodiet plan. 

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      Back in the days where I was working in one of the UK hospitals, ketogenic diet is a specific treatment for children with intractable epilepsy, where medication was not able to control the disease alone. They need to keep the diet with no carbs, replaced them with high fat and high protein to produce a ketogenic state. Most of the researches that you can find on ncbi, or even other medical research platform mainly focus ketogenic diet with neurological condition with one of the receptor of carbohydrate being the culprit. Over the years, many interesting theory on ketogenic diet has gradually shifted to correlate with weight loosing. Let's not dig into those theory for now. But OK, I tried and it worked. Following a month of strict diet without carbohydrate, I lost 5kg. A process where I had no exercise at all and the results seems promising. Problem starts here, I have a passion in food and this passion doesn't go hand in hand with the ketogenic diet, or at least the food that I like. At the same time, bound by multiple time consuming projects also doesn't serve the opportunity for me to do adequate exercise. If 10 years ago, where I was a member of a sports team, i would have been easy to gloss over this decision. But everybody enjoys their life right? Having said that, I would,  at least, like to to enjoy my life without those cardiovascular risks and this is where I was stuck.

      How would that bite of gyoza brought me into these memories? It is exactly a "Mashi" situation.  Mashi, in Japanese, basically describe a better off deal between two suboptimal choices, remember, it is SUBoptimal choice - ie, the ketogenic diet and the gyoza. The gyoza wasn't that bad, but at the same time it wasn't good. It might have slight fragrence from the wagyu, but the texture, on palate, was nothing satisfying.  Dipping on their grounded pepper sauce do no better than seeing just a single heart beat on a non-beating heart. Is this what I am looking for after all these ketogenic diet?

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      The donburi twist the Mashi to become "No mashi". The work from Kahneman's work on decision making was right! We only remember the highlights and  I was enjoying my wagyu donburi till the end without a second debate in my head! Some would say it is just a donburi with Ozaki beef, but if you dig deeper, the rice is actually mixed with some beef bits, tasting like a bone marrow that you would normally taste from a T-bone. A scoop together with the beef slice, the special rice and the golden orange onzen egg summons the golden triad that defeats your palate.  Despite the beef being pinkish  medium rare, the beef is certainly more beefy in taste on palate that normally a more well done wagyu would have achieved. May be that is the secret behind the scene. 

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      After this meal, it clearly reassure that no ketogenic diet is a better choice, without doubt, for my situation and I proved it with action. Although "Mashi no Mashi" was definitely not named in the that way, or perhaps, Mr. Hisato Hamada has his own story that he can share. 
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       After discovering one of the most famous "mafia" in Wan Chai, this is surely not the end of it. This freezer definitely mean something, at least according to the mafia movie I've seen. Could it be just be a freezer where they hide the body? or is it a gold safe? I guess I suddenly earn my second identity as an agent and further investigations deemed warranted.
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